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28877https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/EPDs-at-the-upcoming-Australian-Life-Cycle-Assessment-conference/
The biannual Australian Life Cycle Assessment conference will be held in Cronulla, Australia on March 4-6th. The Australasian EPD Programme, the regional partner of the International EPD® System in Australia and New Zealand, is a Supporting partner to the event.

EPDs will be a prime focus of the event including a workshop on Monday March 4th and a whole session on EPDs on Wednesday 6th March.

]]>15188Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/record-number-of-epd-registrations-2018/
A record number of 270 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) were published in the International EPD® System in 2018, breaking the previous record with 85 additional registrations in a single year. Construction products was the main product category, but there were also EPDs registered for a wide range of other goods and services, including food, transport equipment and paper products.

"We have really seen a record-breaking interest for EPDs in 2018, says Kristian Jelse, programme manager of the International EPD® System. It is great to see both new companies publishing their first EPDs with us, but also an increasing number of companies creating EPDs at a large scale using dedicated calculation tools and EPD Process Certification."

The new EPDs came from companies and associations in 28 different countries, with the highest number of EPDs from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France, and Sweden.

Sixteen new Product Category Rules (PCR) and sub-PCRs were published during the year, introducing the possibility to do EPDs for product categories such as textile fabrics of natural fibres and espresso coffee, and aligning with the latest European standards for product categories such as cement and insulation products.

]]>15174Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/unchanged-fees-for-2019/
The funding for managing the International EPD® System comes mainly from the fee structure connected to the registration and publication of EPDs within the International EPD® System. The fees for EPD registration and annual fee will remain unchanged in 2019 compared to 2018. For full information about fees, see this page.

This applies to applies to all countries, except in those countries where EPD registration is handled via a regional partner (currently: Australia, Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and Turkey).

]]>15099Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/case-study-cj-cheiljedang/
A new EPD case study has been published for CJ CheilJedang: the first company from South Korea to register an EPD in the International EPD® System.

]]>15134Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/secretariat-closed-for-holidays-2018/
The EPD International Secretariat will be closed from December 22nd - January 2nd.

If you plan to register and publish an EPD before the end of the year, please submit it to registration@environdec.com no later than December 17th.

]]>15119Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/product-category-rules-for-fabrics-of-natural-fibres-for-apparel-sector-published/
Product Category Rules (PCR) for declaring the environmental impact of Woven, knitted and crocheted fabrics of naturals fibres (except silk), for apparel sector have now been published in the International EPD® System.

The development of the PCR was led by Bekir Cetin at Semtrio Sustainability Consulting as the appointed PCR Moderator in accordance with the PCR Process described in the General Programme Instructions of the International EPD System, based on ISO 14025. During the development of the document, it has been subject for an open consultation on www.environdec.com as well as a review by the appointed Technical Committee.

The PCR is now available for any company to voluntarily develop and publish information on the life cycle environment impact of these services in a transparent and comparable way.

]]>15070Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/first-epd-registrations-from-south-korea-and-china-announced-at-the-stakeholder-conference/
The first EPD registrations from South Korea and China were announced during the EPD International Stakeholder Conference in Brussels.

The first EPD come from the company CJ Cheiljedang and declares the environmental impact of glass noodles. A small handover ceremony was arranged in Stockholm, where the certificate of EPD registration was handed over to the company:

"I am very pleased to see CJ Cheiljedang register the first EPD from South Korea in the International EPD® System, becoming a forerunner for EPD in the region," says Kristian Jelse, programme manager.

The second EPD come from Zhejiang Pretec Metal Products Co, and declared the environmental impacts of the construction products NC-Bolt and Pc-Bolt in accordance with the EN 15804 standard.

With the addition of the two EPDs from China and South Korea there are now EPDs from organisations in 42 countries registered in the International EPD® System.

]]>15093Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/presentations-from-the-6th-epd-international-stakeholder-conference-now-available/
The 6th EPD International Stakeholder Conference was held on November 13th in Brussels, Belgium. This year's conference welcomed more than 65 EPD stakeholders from 17 countries.

The presentations and panel discussions focused on two main themes:

After the pilot phase – what's next for EPD and the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)?

After welcomes from the hosts and the moderator Roel Drost from EcoChain, the event started with the latest EPD news, including video greetings from India, Latin America, Russia and Turkey. Kelly Taylor from the Australasian EPD Programme was present in Brussels to give an update of EPD progress made in the region.

After the pilot phase – what's next for EPD and the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)?

The keynote was given by Michele Galatola, presenting the current status and the link to EPD. Experience from two different pilots were provided by Paul Bruijn from Heineken and Luca Ruini from Barilla. Kristian Jelse from the EPD International Secretariat presented the update of EN 15804 as the next important milestone for harmonization between the results of the PEF pilot phase and the ongoing momentum of EPD creation and use.

Going mainstream: creating EPDs at a large scale

Divided into two parts (current status and the future), the second main topic was introduced by Sebastiaan Stiller from the EPD International Secretariat. Marco Mazzetti from Mapei and Hüdai Kara from Metsims shared experiences and an outlook of using EPD Process Certification for creating EPDs at a large scale. Large-scale use of EPD in public procurement and in green building design were presented by Susanna Toller from the Swedish Transport Authority and by Tytti Bruce-Hyrkäs from Bionova.

Other presentations included the challenge of data accessibility and interoperability by Llorenc Mila I Canals from UN Environment - Life Cycle Initiative, a presentation of software options and possibilities from Martin Blumberg from thinkstep and a call for cross-disciplinary cooperation from Jeanette Sveder Lundin, Skanska. The oulook was expanded into Environmental Profit & Loss by Juliette Herin, Philips Innovation.

Wrap-up

In the event wrap-up, Sven-Olof Ryding provided an inspirational note looking both back on the development of EPD and gave some inspiration for the future.

]]>15096Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:00:00 +01:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/pcrs-being-updated-to-latest-programme-instructions/
In December 2017 version 3.0 of the General Programme Instructions (GPI) were published and during the spring 2018 all PCR Basic Modules were updated and based on the new GPI. As the next step, the PCR moderators and PCR committees are welcome to take the initiative to update the respective PCRs during their validity to comply with GPI 3.0.

To ensure an up-to-date PCR library, the Secretariat will take the initiative to update the most recently-published or updated PCRs during their validity. This work will be done together with the PCR moderators and PCR committees. To avoid any problems for ongoing EPD development, a transition period of the current version of the PCR will be set on a case-to-case basis.

]]>15015Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +02:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/preliminary-agenda-published-thinkstep-to-join-the-epd-international-stakeholder-conference/
We are happy to confirm that Martin Blumberg from thinkstep will join the EPD International Stakeholder Conference 2018 in Brussels. Martin will present how thinkstep and their software solutions contribute to the creation of EPDs at a large scale.

We are also pleased to announce that thinkstep will be our partner for the After-Event Mingle of the conference. The mingle will provide an inviting environment for networking, and exchanging and connecting ideas around the main topics of the conference and the field of EPDs.

]]>15012Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:02:10 +02:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/keynote-speaker-confirmed-michele-galatola/
We are glad to announce that Michele Galatola will join the EPD International Stakeholder Conference 2018 as keynote speaker.

Registration for the 6th EPD International Stakeholder Conference that will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on November 13th, 2018 is now open. More information and a link to the registration can be found here.

Dr Michele Galatola has more than 20 years experience in the field of environmental science, environmental technologies, environmental management systems and life cycle assessment. After having worked for the private sector and public research agencies, since 2005 Mr Galatola is working for the European Commission. After 5 years in DG Research (responsible for the research cycle for eco-innovation and environmental technologies) since 2010 Mr Galatola is working in DG Environment, first leading the EU Ecolabel and now leading the work on Environmental Footprint.

]]>14961Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:48:47 +02:00https://www.environdec.com/News-archive/new-regional-hub-of-the-international-epd-system-opened-in-russia/
The International EPD® system offers the possibility for organizations in different parts of the world to join forces with the system with the ambition to expand the practical use of EPD as now increasingly being expected in many societal sectors. For this purpose, fully aligned regional programmes (also referred to as regional hubs) have been established around the world. The regional hub handles all EPD registrations into the International EPD® System and helpdesk requests in the relevant country/region.

There are several advantages for both parties with a closecooperation in the field of PCR and EPD harmonization, e.g.

Increased possibilities for information and marketing of EPD in a truly global perspective

Easier to reach local and regional customer in the market by information and personal contacts in the native language

Better overview of the local and regional market situation with regard to EPD and thereby good access to potential market actors interested in EPD

Recently EPD International has signed an agreement with CIS Center in Moscow for them to become the regional hub for the International EPD® system in Russia. CIS Center is an organization active in a number of environmental aspects such as hazard assessment of chemicals, compliance assessment and sustainable development. In the field of potential industries interested to register EPD, CIS Center has specifically identified the following product categories: fertilizers, pesticides, general chemicals, ores and minerals, and metals.

CIS Center is now engaged in a number of ways to promote EPD in Russia and will carry out its annual international conference on chemicals sound management and safe handling in October 2018 in Astana (Kazakhstan) where the newly established cooperation with the International EPD® system will be presented.